James (of course), Ebert and Kermode. Kermode is passionate and funny.

I used to follow Chris Dunkley when he wrote for the FT - I still read Nigel Andrews at the FT now and again.

James is one of the critics you respect apart from James?

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He's obviosuly referring to the other James. In between having car chases and escaping melting ice castles, James Bond has plenty of time to sit down and write out elegant movie reviews.

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Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:40 pm

kudzu

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

Back in the old days (USENET), I read Mark Leeper all the time, and of course Mr. Berardinelli.

When the web took off, kept reading James, and added Ebert. Now, I only read James and Ebert. Sometimes, I'll look at the composite scores on Metacritc, but the only reviews I read are James and Roger.

Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:47 pm

Glaswegian

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

JamesBond007 wrote:

Glaswegian wrote:

James (of course), Ebert and Kermode. Kermode is passionate and funny.

I used to follow Chris Dunkley when he wrote for the FT - I still read Nigel Andrews at the FT now and again.

Does anyone know if James Berardinelli has ever listed some of his favorite critics? It would be interesting to find out who he reads on a regular basis, to keep track of the rest of the critiquing world, and to see how others' opinions vary from his...

Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:52 pm

mailedbypostman

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

etifupleez wrote:

Does anyone know if James Berardinelli has ever listed some of his favorite critics? It would be interesting to find out who he reads on a regular basis, to keep track of the rest of the critiquing world, and to see how others' opinions vary from his...

He likes Ebert. That's all I know.

Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:06 pm

etifupleez

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

mailedbypostman wrote:

etifupleez wrote:

Does anyone know if James Berardinelli has ever listed some of his favorite critics? It would be interesting to find out who he reads on a regular basis, to keep track of the rest of the critiquing world, and to see how others' opinions vary from his...

He likes Ebert. That's all I know.

Who doesn't? That's what I want to know.

Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:16 pm

TheOutlawXanadu

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

The only other reviewer I follow is Roger Ebert. He and James are polar opposites, but I enjoy them both equally.

Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:00 pm

rezaghalib

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

Ebert and Schwartz.

Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:27 am

Patrick

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

etifupleez wrote:

mailedbypostman wrote:

etifupleez wrote:

Does anyone know if James Berardinelli has ever listed some of his favorite critics? It would be interesting to find out who he reads on a regular basis, to keep track of the rest of the critiquing world, and to see how others' opinions vary from his...

May not be politically correct but thoroughly entertaining and funny as hell

Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:11 am

Arnie

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

I usually don't usually bother with any critic besides James and Ebert. I happen to agree with James about 75% of the time, and with Ebert about 60% of the time. And I do agree that Ebert has become "kinder" after his illness.

Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:35 am

CHW

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

I know this is blasphemy, but I'm not really a big fan of Ebert as everybody else seems to be. I don't really understand his review style -- he likes to ramble on about stuff, describing in his own words the film's plot and the characters and themes. I find he'll usually go on and on and end up spoiling half the movie before stopping and telling some other tangential anecdote or a larger insight on the film industry.

It's not uninteresting to read, but I'm often not sure how he actually felt about movie until I see the star rating.

Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:29 am

JIMBELL

Re: Critics you respect apart from James

I look primarily for a reviewer I can trust. Reviewers earn my trust in two ways: 1) Giving judgements that agree with mine, and 2) Supporting what they say.

Last year when I liked some movie and noticed it got mainly rotten tomatoes, I read about a dozen of the reviews looking for support for the negative reviews. In about 12 reviews I found one sentence of substantial support. Hard to believe, but true. WEll, there was a second sentence that was sort of support. So it's pretty easy to see why critics like Ebert and James stand head and shoulders above the rest--they actually support what they claim.

James is the critic I follow the most. I read all of his reviews no matter what score he gave it. I read Ebert too every once in awhile. Peter Travers is the only other critic besides James where I read all of his reviews. The guy is just freakin' funny. And I tend to agree with him alot. I sometimes read Michael Phillips too.

Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:40 am

ilovemovies

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Re: Critics you respect apart from James

I'll enjoy reading/hearing/seeing ANYBODY really. I even like the two Ben's who host At the Movies. And Jeffrey Lyons and Allison Bailes in the now unfortunately canceled Reel Talk.

Both David Denby and Anthony Lane from The New Yorker are excellent. Both are perceptive critics that seem to consider the film under question as the only movie ever made.

Bob Mondello and David Edelstein, usually heard by me on NPR, are another pair of good critics. They spin reviews around current trends and make the "factiest" arguments against film one is likely to hear.

David Bianculli, usually a TV critic, offers the best film criticism I've heard on the radio. Always reviewing movies, from the lowest of the low to the highest art, as if they're sacred objects being debated for inclusion in The Met.

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